The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-10-18
menssly, and Miss Pamela reciprocal

menssly, and Miss Pamela reciprocal
ed il.
II was more than a week before they
found out. Then note came to Miss
Wise. Miss Pamela had taken an
"appartement," she wrote, in one oil
the old streets near tina Luxembourg.
and she begged they would all come
to see her.
They found her, settled exactly to
her mind. in two little rooms full oil
sunshine, with n small stove and a
rocking chair, which she had hired Tor
n month. She had taken down all
the wax fruit and mirrors with which
she had found the room adorned, and
had made il look rs much like New
England "keeping.room," as was pos
sibe under the circumstances.
al haven't been so comfortable since
left home" she told them. "Fve
got skillet OF my own, and / make
dip toast whenever ! want to. I've
had baked beans twice, and they
tasted quite natural, though the
beans were not the right sort. And
got can OF that patent cod iish, ana
1t made as good fsh-balls rs ! want
to see. If you'll all come to tea some
night we'll have some"
"Why, of course, we Will, cried
Matte, "what fun! But Miss Pamela,
what is that" pointing to a table
full oi sewing materials and hall made
garments.
well. you see Iveeot to have some
new things to take home. Partly the
neighbors'll expect 1t OF me, and part
ly because all my things are giving
out at once. So ] went to some OF
| the dressmakers whose addresses you
gave me, to see what could do. But,
bless YOU, not one of them could make
a thing as like it. They've all got
their own patterns and they're bound
to use EN-, and as for the dressmakers,
they were all sure that madame would
like this, and that would become mad
ans style.
BAH got sick OF them all, and
as none Of them would agree not TO
bunch my skirts and pull them back
| in that absurd way in which they're
all made now, Just got mad, and
SAID sauarely and fairly that I'd do
the things myself. 1t happened nice,
! ly, for caught sore throat, and
didn't want to be going about in the
drizzle seeing sights, anyhow. so Just
| bought the materials, and settled
down comfortably to sew. had my
waist pattern with me, and it WASH
any great affair to fit. and really I've
had nice time, and taken solid com
fort over the whole thing. There they
are now, almost finished"
Sure enough, there they were, neat
piles OF underclothing, made exactly
after the patterns bequeathed to Miss
Pamela by her deceased grandmother,
and two dresses, one green and one
brown, precisely like the two which
she had brought from home, except
that they were new. Matte looked
Mt the straight overskirts with the
well.known little double hitch on
either side of the back breadths, at
the row of buttons on the sleeves,
and her cheeks dimpled wickedly.
"Miss Pamela" she said, "you are
the only perfectly consistent person
ever knew"
II don't see that you are altered
one Bit" said friend to Miss Pamela,
after her return home. "Most people
come back from Europe quite differ
ent. with all sorts OF new notions and
fashions, but you are just the same
as far as can make out"
'Those must be weak-minded peo-
pie, ] should say" replied Miss
Pamela, severely. There's nothing
in Europe, so far as / know, which
ought to make any difference in any.
body with common sense"
Susan Coolidge.